Metacognition: Cognitive and Social Dimensions / Edition 1

by Vincent Y.A. Yzerbyt, Guy Lories, Benoit Dardenne

Overview

Metacognition - cognitive processes that apply to themselves - is becoming increasingly recognized as a fundamental aspect of human psychology. In this broad-ranging book, a group of internationally renowned authors show how a full analysis of human reasoning and behaviour requires an understanding of both cognitive and metacognitive activities.

Important insights from across social and cognitive psychology are drawn together to offer an unmatched overview of this major debate, and a number of key questions are addressed, for example:

· Are metacognitive activities similar to standard cognitive processes, or do they represent a separate category?

· How do people reflect on their cognitive processes?

· Does our metacognitive knowledge affect our behavioural choices?

Interdisciplinary and innovative in its approach, Metacognition will be invaluable for students and academics in social and cognitive psychology.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780761952596
Publisher:	SAGE Publications
Publication date:	07/29/1998
Series:	Cognition Series
Pages:	272
Product dimensions:	6.14(w) x 9.21(h) x 0.56(d)

Table of Contents

From Social Cognition to Metacognition - Guy Lories, Benoit Dardenne and Vincent Y Yzerbyt
Illusions of Knowing - Asher Koriat
The Link between Knowledge and Metaknowledge
Rapid Feeling-of-Knowing - Adisack Nhouyvanisvong and Lynne M Reder
A Strategy Selection Mechanism
The Feeling-of-Knowing as a Judgement - Guy Lories and Marie-Anne Schelstreate
Knowing Thyself and Others - Thomas O Nelson, Arie Kruglanski and John T Jost
Progress in Metacognitive Social Psychology
Social Influence on Memory - Herbert Bless and Fritz Strack
Beliefs, Confidence and the Widows Ademoski - William B Swann Jr and Michael J Gill
On Knowing What We Know about Others
Social Judgeability Concerns in Impression Formation - Vincent Y Yzerbyt, Benoit Dardenne and Jacques-Philipppe Leyens
The Consciousness of Social Beliefs - Mahzarin R Banaji and Nilanjana Dasgupta
A Program of Research on Stereotyping and Prejudice
Protecting Our Minds - Timothy D Wilson, Daniel T Gilbert and Thalia Wheatley
The Role of Lay Beliefs
The Metacognition of Bias Correction - Duane T Wegener, Richard E Petty and Meghan Dunn
Naive Theories of Bias and The Flexible Correction Model
Correction and Metacognition - Leonard L Martin and Diederik A Stapel
Are People Naive Dogmatists or Naive Empiricists during Social Judgements

Editorial Reviews

‘This book presents an extremely challenging read.' - Physiotherapy

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